K.T. Whitby

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

K.T. Whitby is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, K.T. Whitby has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atmospheric Science, 29 papers in Environmental Engineering and 22 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in K.T. Whitby's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (33 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (21 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (20 papers). K.T. Whitby is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (33 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (21 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (20 papers). K.T. Whitby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Egypt. K.T. Whitby's co-authors include E.O. Knutson, William E. Clark, Rudolf B. Husar, Benjamin Y. H. Liu, Klaus Willeke, A.K. Rao, G.M. Sverdrup, David Y.H. Pui, David B. Kittelson and Virgil A. Marple and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

K.T. Whitby

73 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Aerosol classification by electric mobility: apparatus, t... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 1978 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Aerosol classification by electric mobility: apparatus, theory, and applications
    1975 1.1k citations E.O. Knutson, K.T. Whitby Journal of Aerosol Science profile →
  2. The physical characteristics of sulfur aerosols
    1978 966 citations K.T. Whitby Atmospheric Environment (1967) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K.T. Whitby United States 31 2.6k 1.5k 1.5k 853 833 75 4.8k
N. A. Fuchs Russia 21 1.6k 0.6× 854 0.6× 639 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 361 0.4× 37 4.4k
Catherine Davies United Kingdom 28 1.1k 0.4× 691 0.4× 718 0.5× 845 1.0× 572 0.7× 158 4.6k
G. Reischl Austria 30 1.7k 0.6× 905 0.6× 969 0.6× 526 0.6× 381 0.5× 57 2.8k
George W. Mulholland United States 38 1.5k 0.6× 713 0.5× 668 0.4× 588 0.7× 435 0.5× 168 4.9k
Mark R. Stolzenburg United States 32 2.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 322 0.4× 646 0.8× 61 3.6k
H. Burtscher Switzerland 37 2.2k 0.8× 712 0.5× 2.6k 1.7× 619 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 163 5.0k
Jyrki M. Mäkelä Finland 46 4.9k 1.9× 3.2k 2.1× 2.8k 1.8× 824 1.0× 701 0.8× 170 7.7k
George M. Hidy United States 36 2.6k 1.0× 994 0.6× 2.3k 1.5× 118 0.1× 973 1.2× 137 4.3k
Susanne V. Hering United States 47 4.9k 1.9× 1.7k 1.1× 4.9k 3.2× 399 0.5× 1.7k 2.0× 158 7.5k
Frank Stratmann Germany 53 8.1k 3.1× 5.1k 3.3× 3.3k 2.1× 303 0.4× 820 1.0× 240 9.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K.T. Whitby

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vijayakumar, R. & K.T. Whitby. (1984). Bipolar Steady State Charge Fraction of Ultrafine Aerosols. Aerosol Science and Technology. 3(1). 25–30. 9 indexed citations
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Hameed, R.M. Abdel, Peter H. McMurry, & K.T. Whitby. (1982). A New Rotating Coarse Particle Sampler. Aerosol Science and Technology. 2(1). 69–78. 5 indexed citations
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Whitby, K.T.. (1981). Determination of aerosol growth rates in the atmosphere using lumped mode aerosol dynamics. Journal of Aerosol Science. 12(3). 173–178. 23 indexed citations
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Sem, Gilmore J. & K.T. Whitby. (1980). Design, instrumentation, and operation of a large mobile air pollution laboratory for ACHEX. 9. 55–68. 1 indexed citations
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Sverdrup, G.M. & K.T. Whitby. (1980). The effect of changing relative humidity on aerosol size distribution measurements. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 9. 5 indexed citations
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Pui, David Y.H., et al.. (1978). The aerosol mobility chromatograph: A new detector for sulfuric acid aerosols. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 12(1-3). 99–104. 183 indexed citations
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Whitby, K.T., et al.. (1978). Aerosol size distributions and aerosol volume formation for a coal-fired power plant plume. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 12(1-3). 323–333. 39 indexed citations
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Whitby, K.T.. (1977). Physical characterization of aerosols. 464. 4 indexed citations
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Sverdrup, G.M. & K.T. Whitby. (1977). Determination of submicron atmospheric aerosol size distributions by use of continuous analog sensors. Environmental Science & Technology. 11(13). 1171–1176. 3 indexed citations
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White, W. H., D.L. Blumenthal, Rudolf B. Husar, et al.. (1976). Formation of ozone and light-scattering aerosols in the St. Louis urban plume. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 25(11). 1185–92. 2 indexed citations
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Kittelson, David B., et al.. (1975). Measurement of diesel exhaust particle size distributions.. 23 indexed citations
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Knutson, E.O. & K.T. Whitby. (1975). Aerosol classification by electric mobility: apparatus, theory, and applications. Journal of Aerosol Science. 6(6). 443–451. 1075 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marple, Virgil A., B. Y. H. Liu, & K.T. Whitby. (1974). On the Flow Fields of Inertial Impactors. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 96(4). 394–400. 25 indexed citations
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Willeke, Klaus, K.T. Whitby, William E. Clark, & Virgil A. Marple. (1974). Size distributions of Denver aerosols—a comparison of two sites. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 8(6). 609–633. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, B. Y. H., et al.. (1974). Size Distribution Measurement of Airborne Coal Dust by Optical Particle Counters. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 35(8). 443–451. 23 indexed citations
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Clark, William E. & K.T. Whitby. (1967). Concentration and Size Distribution Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosols and a Test of the Theory of Self-Preserving Size Distributions. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 24(6). 677–687. 80 indexed citations
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Liu, Benjamin Y. H., et al.. (1967). Diffusion Charging of Aerosol Particles at Low Pressures. Journal of Applied Physics. 38(4). 1592–1597. 29 indexed citations
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Whitby, K.T., Benjamin Y. H. Liu, & Carl M. Peterson. (1965). Charging and decay of monodispersed aerosols in the presence of unipolar ion sources. Journal of Colloid Science. 20(6). 585–601. 12 indexed citations
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Whitby, K.T.. (1961). Generator for Producing High Concentrations of Small Ions. Review of Scientific Instruments. 32(12). 1351–1355. 81 indexed citations
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Whitby, K.T., et al.. (1955). Size Distribution and Concentration of Air-Borne Dust.. 27(8). 1 indexed citations

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